Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to introduce a sweeping ordinance that aims to protect the city’s renters from eviction and predatory practices.
The “Protecting Renters Ordinance” seeks to update the city’s 40-year-old Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance, which oversees the legal rights and responsibilities of tenants and landlords.
The ordinance would also establish a rental registry, and create a new administrative body that works with renters and landlords to resolve disputes, among other measures…